{"id":430021,"date":"2011-05-25T13:31:39","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T13:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/25\/nigeria-iloh-counsels-president-jonathan-on-new-sports-minister\/"},"modified":"2011-05-25T13:31:39","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T13:31:39","slug":"nigeria-iloh-counsels-president-jonathan-on-new-sports-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/25\/nigeria-iloh-counsels-president-jonathan-on-new-sports-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Iloh Counsels President Jonathan On New Sports Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"27.52\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/vanguard180.jpg\" alt=\"Vanguard (Lagos)\" title=\"Visit Vanguard (Lagos)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jacob Ajom<\/p>\n<p>25 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Veteran sports administrator, Reverend Moses Iloh has appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to appoint a credible person as sports minister in the next dispensation.<\/p>\n<p>He said for one to be appointed sports minister, his background must be investigated. &#8220;He must be running a reputable family life, his involvement with youth organizations must be investigated, and he must be credible and must get a clear mandate to develop the Nigerian youth through sports.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the state of sports in the country, Iloh, a one time chairman of the Nigeria Cycling Federation said, &#8220;I think the entire philosophy of sports should be revisited.<\/p>\n<p>The new sports philosophy should be based on the development of the youth because when you develop talents that translates to money, employment and prosperity,&#8221; adding, &#8220;sports will bring down poverty, promote a healthy society and bring about a disciplined society. No sports man sees a contest as a do or die affair.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The renowned sports administrator rubbished the conscessioning exercise which has seen some sports handed over to private hands to run. Instead, Ilo suggested that government should encourage the various companies to run sports clubs and such companies must enjoy tax rebate from government.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Originally posted here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105250804.html\" title=\"Nigeria: Iloh Counsels President Jonathan On New Sports Minister\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nigeria: Iloh Counsels President Jonathan On New Sports Minister<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Jacob Ajom 25 May 2011 Veteran sports administrator, Reverend Moses Iloh has appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to appoint a credible person as sports minister in the next dispensation. He said for one to be appointed sports minister, his background must be investigated. &#8220;He must be running a reputable family life, his involvement with youth organizations must be investigated, and he must be credible and must get a clear mandate to develop the Nigerian youth through sports. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-430021","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigeria: Iloh Counsels President Jonathan On New Sports Minister - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/25\/nigeria-iloh-counsels-president-jonathan-on-new-sports-minister\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Nigeria: Iloh Counsels President Jonathan On New Sports Minister - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Jacob Ajom 25 May 2011 Veteran sports administrator, Reverend Moses Iloh has appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to appoint a credible person as sports minister in the next dispensation. 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